The US has registered another record single-day spike of nearly 60,000 COVID-19 cases, which took the total tally over 3.36 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. ....

Wendy Barclay, chairwoman in influenza virology at Imperial College London, has said that coronavirus particles can remain infectious in the air for more than an hour. ....

New data revealed by Gilead Sciences has shown that its antiviral drug remdesivir reduces death risk of severe Covid-19 patients by as much as 62 per cent when compared with standard care alone. ....

The first prayers at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, a 1,500 year old Unesco World Heritage site which has now been converted into a mosque, will take place on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. ....

The United States said that it was "disappointed" by the Turkish government's decision of changing Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. ....

The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into a mosque. ....

Voting was underway on Friday for Singapore's general elections, where the city-state's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is contesting on all the 93 seats. ....

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 12.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 554,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

As the world designs and implements Covid-19 recovery plans, it has a choice of either going back to where it was, or investing in a better, more sustainable future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. ....

New satellite imagery has revealed a previously undeclared North Korean facility that experts suspect could be used to build nuclear warheads, a media report said on Thursday. ....